George Edward TALBOT

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Service Number:	1099
Enlisted:	11 September 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, 1889
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Icknield Street Board School, Birmingham, England
Occupation:	Jeweller
Died:	Died of wounds - head, 2nd Australian General Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, 7 May 1915
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row B, Grave 225 Lt. H.P. Robertson officiated, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

11 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1099, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1099, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 1099, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Arrived in Australia aged 22 years

Son of George Edward Talbot and Alice Ann Talbot.

Husband of Maud Talbot of 253 Icknield Street, Hockley, Birmingham, England. Father of Alice Maud Talbot and Gladys Eveline Talbot

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Prior to 1908 he served with the Stafford Volunteers, England and another 12 months with the Staffordshire Territorials